Scot Hillier is an independent consultant and Microsoft SharePoint Most Valuable Professional focused on creating solutions for Information Workers with SharePoint, Office, and related .NET technologies. A frequent speaker at TechEd and SharePoint Connections, he is also the author many books on Microsoft technologies including 5 for SharePoint 2010. Scot splits his time between consulting on SharePoint projects and training for Critical Path Training. Scot is a former U. S. Navy submarine officer and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Scot can be reached at scot@shillier.com

Silverlight SharePoint 2010 Web Parts Visual Studio 2010 Extension

I'm pleased to announce the availability of the Silverlight SharePoint Web Parts extension for Visual Studio 2010. I worked on this project with Paul Stubbs. This extension appears in the "Add Item" dialog when you are working on a SharePoint project. It will add all the necessary support to create and deploy a Silverlight Application to SharePoint. Try it out with these steps:

Note: Paul Stubbs has a nice video available in his post that complements this walkthrough.